Your Web 3 Guru and Moonbet presenting todays match: Sparta Rotterdam – Ajax Amsterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is in danger of losing sight of participation in the play-offs for European football after a persistent dearth of positive form. In their past ten league matches. The Castle residents have achieved just nine points and Sparta subsequently lost a place in the top-half of the Eredivisie. In order not to let the remainder of the season fizzle out and avoid a place in the purgatory of mid-table, another victory will have to be registered.
In their last eight games that turned out to be a very complicated task for the men of head coach Jeroen Rijsdijk. Only once did his team leave the field as winners and that was in the city derby against the troubled Excelsior (4-2). Five defeats and two draws were a poor harvest in the other matches of that period, in which only three goals were scored. A 2-0 loss has been recorded in four of the last eight matches.
Ajax Amsterdam
After an impressive rise from eighth place to fifth, opponent Ajax Amsterdam now has very fierce competition from a group of pursuers. Such as NEC but also FC Utrecht, which – just like Ajax – rose from last place. Earlier in February and March, coach John van ‘t Schip’s team played a total of ten official matches. Only one of these was won within the regular 90 minutes: at home against FC Utrecht (2-0).
The six draws were accompanied by away defeats against SC Heerenveen, AZ Alkmaar and Aston Villa. The last time Ajax won a league match away from home was against Heracles Almelo in late January (4-2). In away matches, Ajax has had great difficulty all season long in reaching great heights. Only 15 points were achieved from 12 away matches. Despite an excellent production of 24 goals, the Amsterdam defence also gave up 28 goals.
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Players to watch: Sparta midfielder Pelle Clement’s first league goal against FC Twente came too late to turn the game around. He will now take on his former employer. For the team from Amsterdam, Brian Brobbey (G16, A7) was used as a supersub against Fortuna Sittard. He saved a point with his goal off the bench.
Hot stat: Ajax returned just one clean sheet from their last 13 league matches.
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